tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post2901086208004074688..comments2019-02-22T07:37:43.846-05:00Comments on Fiction University: Writing Prompt: The Free Write: The BluesJanice Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-37301011549577422232018-09-23T19:55:58.488-04:002018-09-23T19:55:58.488-04:00There was entirely too much blue. A planet with a...There was entirely too much blue. A planet with abundant water was a rare and precious gift, but there needed to be some land, and more than just the few volcanic atolls that dotted this one.<br /><br />There wasn&#39;t much time: the colonists would be here in a mere millennium. Monitor _Izanami_ had its work cut out for it.<br /><br />The monitor, a minor moon coaxed from Saturn&#39;s orbit centuries ago, inventoried it&#39;s assets. Thermal scans had located a few large magma plumes below the water; it could create super-volcanos with those. And like any stellar system, this one included an abundance of asteroids of all sizes, that could be guided down to sculpt the planet below. <br /><br />With these _Izanami_ would do the heavy work. Then it would seed the oceans with genetically-tailored algae and bacteria to clean up afterwards, and transform the atmosphere into a Terran one. The colonist would have to put the finer touches on the world themselves.<br /><br />It christened the serene blue orb Galatea, and set to work destroying that azure peace. Blue was by far _Izanami&#39;s_ favorite color, but the children of Earth needed more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com